“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

[Witness for the Prosecution, also published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories. ]”

— Agatha Christie, book The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

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English mystery and detective writer 1890–1976

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[Witness for the Prosecution, also published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories. ]”